Reformation is partnering with the California Cotton & Climate Coalition to purchase and manufacture garments using Climate Beneficial™️ Cotton, highlighting the brand’s commitment to sustainable fashion.
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Textile and Fiber Policy 101: Influential New Legislation You Should Be Paying Attention To
Many regulatory systems shape our local fibersheds. Local, state, national (even international) policies and laws play an important role in influencing healthy and vibrant textile, fashion, and fiber systems. We put together a quick guide to help you understand some of the most influential new policies under consideration and what they could mean for transforming our material culture.
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Reversing Supply: Farming Textiles For Soil Health
The California Cotton & Climate Coalition is working to restore our connection with our working landscapes by developing a model to lift up regionally produced textiles that prioritize soil health, support rural economies, and mitigate climate change in California’s Central Valley.
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How Fashion Companies Can Take Responsibility for Their Waste and Move Toward A Just, Circular Textile Economy
The consequences of the clothing industry’s high volume, linear production model are devastating. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy that develops stewardship programs for producers to take responsibility for the end-of-life phase of their products. If done well, textile EPR could help catalyze shifts in textile material choices, production volumes, and design for longevity and circularity.
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Herderin Begins with the Body and Soul
“What if garment consideration began with asking: Where would you like to be held? Where would you like to have some more support? Feel some weight around your shoulders, or something snug around your low back or abdomen? Could a garment play a role in healing you? Could it feel like wearing a parent’s clothes? What can clothing do for us, emotionally?”
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Slowing down with Heidi Iverson of Honey Folk Clothing
In this Q&A, Heidi Iverson shares the philosophy behind her shop, Honey Folk Clothing, and how she mindfully chooses materials for her products.
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Weaving Voices with Rebecca Burgess
In this Q&A with Whetstone Media, Fibershed Founder Rebecca Burgess shares more about the Weaving Voices podcast.
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Rooted in Simplicity: The Celebration of a Bioregion’s Relationships
Read the story of Fibershed’s recent Rooted in Simplicity event.
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The next generation of sustainable fashion designers are leveling up their education with Fibershed: Innovative fashion programs at Bay Area Community Colleges offer a brighter view for the fashion future
In this article we hear from leads at two fashion design schools in Northern California that have been collaborating with Fibershed.
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This Farm-To-Closet Clothing Brand Started As Solution To A Personal Health Crisis
Danu Organic is a one-woman owned clothing company created by Sarah Danu. The word danu is the name of the earth goddess of Ireland, and Sarah’s company hails both from her heritage as well as to the land from which she walks and sources her clothes.
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